Michele Forename
648th
Most Common
name in the World
Approximately 1,240,927 people bear this name
Most prevalent in:
Italy
Highest density in:
Pitcairn Islands
Michele Forename User-submission:
Michele or Michael is a male name of Hebrew origin, which comes from the name of the archangel, meaning 'who is equal to God'.
Michele Forename Distribution
| Place | Gender | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Italy | 100% | 461,713 | 1:132 | 24 |
| United States | 100% | 353,228 | 1:1,026 | 223 |
| Brazil | 100% | 147,015 | 1:1,457 | 228 |
| France | 100% | 131,360 | 1:506 | 127 |
| Canada | 100% | 26,003 | 1:1,274 | 293 |
| England | 63% | 21,690 | 1:2,564 | 382 |
| Belgium | 100% | 11,441 | 1:1,004 | 241 |
| Switzerland | 51% | 7,481 | 1:1,098 | 233 |
| Australia | - | 7,381 | 1:1,850 | 365 |
| South Africa | 94% | 7,224 | 1:7,549 | 1,366 |
| Germany | 70% | 5,918 | 1:16,336 | 854 |
| Madagascar | 70% | 4,837 | 1:4,885 | 1,000 |
| DR Congo | 95% | 4,656 | 1:15,856 | 1,411 |
| Cameroon | 58% | 4,453 | 1:4,853 | 767 |
| Mozambique | - | 4,320 | 1:6,306 | 1,134 |
| Philippines | 95% | 3,415 | 1:31,042 | 2,709 |
| New Zealand | - | 2,114 | 1:2,146 | 408 |
| Kenya | 100% | 2,052 | 1:22,567 | 2,109 |
| Dominican Republic | - | 2,026 | 1:5,149 | 753 |
| Ethiopia | 100% | 1,965 | 1:49,649 | 4,746 |
| Poland | 94% | 1,838 | 1:20,689 | 734 |
| Venezuela | 89% | 1,825 | 1:16,549 | 1,499 |
| Spain | 70% | 1,698 | 1:27,403 | 1,420 |
| Morocco | 75% | 1,665 | 1:20,630 | 1,254 |
| Netherlands | 58% | 1,479 | 1:11,428 | 1,317 |
| Scotland | 77% | 1,479 | 1:3,618 | 410 |
| Thailand | 60% | 1,241 | 1:56,459 | 5,830 |
| Gabon | 100% | 882 | 1:2,135 | 518 |
| Wales | 75% | 874 | 1:3,540 | 501 |
| Ireland | 51% | 869 | 1:5,344 | 514 |
| Mexico | 82% | 816 | 1:152,138 | 3,131 |
| Portugal | - | 793 | 1:13,128 | 738 |
| Jamaica | - | 788 | 1:3,659 | 666 |
| Chile | 89% | 783 | 1:22,487 | 1,169 |
| Malaysia | 92% | 752 | 1:40,492 | 3,497 |
| Ivory Coast | 99% | 746 | 1:30,933 | 2,555 |
| Denmark | - | 675 | 1:8,370 | 761 |
| Sri Lanka | - | 644 | 1:32,297 | 3,883 |
| Haiti | 65% | 489 | 1:21,937 | 1,796 |
| Indonesia | 67% | 489 | 1:527,533 | 39,129 |
| New Caledonia | 100% | 486 | 1:556 | 132 |
| Bangladesh | - | 458 | 1:348,169 | 14,530 |
| Northern Ireland | 73% | 444 | 1:4,151 | 513 |
| Egypt | 100% | 434 | 1:211,753 | 7,640 |
| Austria | 100% | 411 | 1:20,716 | 918 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 71% | 397 | 1:3,429 | 641 |
| French Polynesia | - | 346 | 1:803 | 178 |
| Ecuador | - | 275 | 1:64,462 | 1,984 |
| Mauritius | - | 265 | 1:4,897 | 791 |
| Senegal | 92% | 243 | 1:60,006 | 2,203 |
| Greece | 95% | 241 | 1:45,372 | 1,640 |
| Sweden | 62% | 241 | 1:40,904 | 2,288 |
| Saudi Arabia | - | 233 | 1:132,243 | 12,172 |
| Malta | - | 222 | 1:1,934 | 369 |
| Bahrain | - | 207 | 1:6,515 | 1,046 |
| Congo | 88% | 203 | 1:24,676 | 2,390 |
| Singapore | 67% | 197 | 1:31,914 | 5,876 |
| Benin | 100% | 187 | 1:56,555 | 4,246 |
| Panama | 100% | 163 | 1:23,967 | 2,219 |
| United Arab Emirates | - | 160 | 1:44,700 | 4,079 |
| Japan | - | 152 | 1:842,014 | 14,006 |
| Peru | 70% | 152 | 1:209,154 | 5,370 |
| Albania | 95% | 141 | 1:21,607 | 2,683 |
| China | - | 137 | 1:9,971,210 | 59,633 |
| Guam | - | 133 | 1:1,208 | 271 |
| Hong Kong | - | 130 | 1:59,636 | 2,578 |
| San Marino | 100% | 118 | 1:279 | 73 |
| Czechia | 64% | 114 | 1:93,475 | 1,128 |
| Vanuatu | - | 106 | 1:2,470 | 570 |
| Norway | 91% | 105 | 1:48,879 | 2,041 |
| Guatemala | 100% | 104 | 1:154,889 | 2,703 |
| Barbados | - | 99 | 1:2,927 | 573 |
| Guyana | 100% | 92 | 1:8,296 | 1,320 |
| India | 52% | 89 | 1:13,650,314 | 368,194 |
| Zimbabwe | 95% | 86 | 1:179,347 | 11,107 |
| Nigeria | 82% | 82 | 1:2,165,419 | 42,403 |
| Suriname | 100% | 82 | 1:6,742 | 1,371 |
| Uruguay | 100% | 78 | 1:43,944 | 1,693 |
| Burkina Faso | 79% | 77 | 1:238,694 | 10,169 |
| Guernsey | - | 68 | 1:931 | 201 |
| Monaco | 68% | 64 | 1:601 | 106 |
| Romania | 100% | 63 | 1:318,285 | 9,742 |
| Bahamas | - | 62 | 1:6,441 | 914 |
| Papua New Guinea | 95% | 60 | 1:135,872 | 12,010 |
| United States Virgin Islands | - | 60 | 1:1,829 | 374 |
| Kuwait | - | 57 | 1:66,408 | 5,422 |
| Luxembourg | - | 57 | 1:9,896 | 811 |
| Bermuda | - | 56 | 1:1,158 | 258 |
| Croatia | 100% | 52 | 1:81,098 | 2,233 |
| Jersey | 100% | 49 | 1:2,040 | 372 |
| Costa Rica | 82% | 48 | 1:99,332 | 3,191 |
| Russia | 71% | 46 | 1:3,135,515 | 18,025 |
| Argentina | 86% | 43 | 1:994,727 | 5,195 |
| Slovenia | 79% | 43 | 1:57,180 | 2,200 |
| Saint Lucia | 94% | 42 | 1:4,234 | 728 |
| Honduras | 100% | 40 | 1:220,437 | 4,914 |
| Estonia | 80% | 37 | 1:35,551 | 2,373 |
| Angola | - | 36 | 1:749,072 | 2,190 |
| Gibraltar | - | 36 | 1:948 | 199 |
| Qatar | 61% | 36 | 1:65,822 | 8,074 |
| Nicaragua | 78% | 35 | 1:171,952 | 4,709 |
| Israel | 79% | 33 | 1:254,634 | 6,983 |
| Antigua and Barbuda | - | 32 | 1:3,106 | 634 |
| Finland | 83% | 31 | 1:176,877 | 3,198 |
| Aruba | - | 29 | 1:3,579 | 715 |
| Namibia | - | 29 | 1:82,903 | 4,174 |
| Taiwan | 100% | 27 | 1:880,359 | 36,323 |
| Burundi | 100% | 25 | 1:396,262 | 737 |
| Libya | - | 25 | 1:248,852 | 929 |
| Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 100% | 25 | 1:4,463 | 793 |
| Grenada | 93% | 24 | 1:4,505 | 764 |
| Cayman Islands | - | 23 | 1:2,665 | 568 |
| Puerto Rico | - | 23 | 1:154,361 | 2,292 |
| Saint Kitts and Nevis | 100% | 21 | 1:2,612 | 559 |
| Tunisia | - | 20 | 1:33,845 | 2,035 |
| South Korea | - | 18 | 1:308,023 | 9,744 |
| Turkey | 78% | 18 | 1:4,322,317 | 20,987 |
| Colombia | 72% | 17 | 1:2,810,525 | 20,294 |
| Turks and Caicos Islands | - | 17 | 1:2,042 | 490 |
| Oman | - | 16 | 1:256,792 | 3,659 |
| Paraguay | 87% | 16 | 1:452,300 | 4,719 |
| British Virgin Islands | - | 14 | 1:2,232 | 502 |
| Iraq | - | 14 | 1:2,501,276 | 13,388 |
| Liberia | 71% | 14 | 1:315,147 | 9,860 |
| Vietnam | - | 13 | 1:7,124,855 | 3,818 |
| El Salvador | - | 12 | 1:528,482 | 4,653 |
| Hungary | 77% | 12 | 1:815,981 | 2,563 |
| Niger | 60% | 12 | 1:1,598,666 | 21,232 |
| Northern Mariana Islands | - | 12 | 1:4,556 | 750 |
| Bolivia | - | 11 | 1:963,764 | 3,282 |
| Moldova | - | 10 | 1:356,114 | 2,508 |
| Saint Pierre and Miquelon | 100% | 10 | 1:632 | 157 |
| Belize | 100% | 9 | 1:39,368 | 3,319 |
| Cambodia | 100% | 9 | 1:1,808,148 | 22,232 |
| Ghana | - | 9 | 1:2,998,468 | 5,965 |
| Lebanon | - | 9 | 1:625,286 | 7,004 |
| Mali | 100% | 9 | 1:1,886,417 | 3,997 |
| Rwanda | - | 9 | 1:1,263,493 | 1,939 |
| Sudan | - | 9 | 1:4,200,775 | 4,893 |
| Togo | - | 9 | 1:804,360 | 4,738 |
| Uganda | 71% | 9 | 1:4,550,769 | 42,499 |
| Pakistan | 62% | 8 | 1:24,294,710 | 113,215 |
| Afghanistan | - | 7 | 1:4,660,502 | 27,414 |
| Iceland | - | 7 | 1:52,288 | 2,981 |
| Slovakia | 75% | 7 | 1:758,580 | 3,008 |
| Cuba | - | 6 | 1:1,917,759 | 4,898 |
| Curaçao | - | 5 | 1:31,161 | 859 |
| Latvia | - | 5 | 1:403,129 | 3,324 |
| Norfolk Island | - | 5 | 1:465 | 94 |
| Tanzania | - | 5 | 1:10,557,664 | 41,958 |
| Azerbaijan | - | 4 | 1:2,410,736 | 23,569 |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | - | 4 | 1:881,114 | 5,655 |
| Central African Republic | - | 4 | 1:1,128,848 | 698 |
| Eritrea | 100% | 4 | 1:1,188,244 | 607 |
| Liechtenstein | - | 4 | 1:9,464 | 618 |
| Montenegro | 100% | 4 | 1:158,644 | 3,180 |
| Somalia | - | 4 | 1:3,381,467 | 5,208 |
| Ukraine | - | 4 | 1:11,374,977 | 14,813 |
| Andorra | - | 3 | 1:27,629 | 798 |
| Nepal | - | 3 | 1:9,495,784 | 71,056 |
| Zambia | - | 3 | 1:5,284,931 | 37,895 |
| Belarus | 75% | 2 | 1:4,741,192 | 16,466 |
| Bulgaria | - | 2 | 1:3,495,195 | 19,668 |
| Cyprus | 100% | 2 | 1:435,538 | 3,859 |
| Guinea | - | 2 | 1:5,929,324 | 6,648 |
| Kazakhstan | - | 2 | 1:8,873,422 | 35,327 |
| North Macedonia | - | 2 | 1:1,045,378 | 12,250 |
| Solomon Islands | - | 2 | 1:290,478 | 6,813 |
| Syria | - | 2 | 1:9,653,038 | 7,712 |
| Algeria | - | 1 | 1:38,176,720 | 32,669 |
| American Samoa | - | 1 | 1:55,845 | 3,376 |
| Armenia | 100% | 1 | 1:2,918,753 | 14,910 |
| Bhutan | - | 1 | 1:824,928 | 6,865 |
| Botswana | 100% | 1 | 1:2,184,449 | 21,741 |
| Brunei | - | 1 | 1:419,570 | 3,266 |
| Cape Verde | 100% | 1 | 1:529,151 | 6,361 |
| Chad | - | 1 | 1:13,598,398 | 15,363 |
| Cook Islands | - | 1 | 1:18,153 | 1,349 |
| Dominica | - | 1 | 1:75,471 | 1,341 |
| Equatorial Guinea | - | 1 | 1:1,137,689 | 1,044 |
| Falkland Islands | - | 1 | 1:3,142 | 392 |
| Faroe Islands | - | 1 | 1:49,127 | 2,467 |
| Fiji | - | 1 | 1:892,378 | 3,968 |
| Georgia | - | 1 | 1:3,738,466 | 29,095 |
| Iran | - | 1 | 1:78,496,868 | 65,150 |
| Isle of Man | 100% | 1 | 1:85,023 | 723 |
| Jordan | - | 1 | 1:8,826,774 | 11,126 |
| Kyrgyzstan | - | 1 | 1:5,973,277 | 46,622 |
| Lesotho | 100% | 1 | 1:2,039,997 | 47,971 |
| Lithuania | - | 1 | 1:2,951,882 | 5,377 |
| Macau | - | 1 | 1:608,209 | 2,350 |
| Maldives | - | 1 | 1:433,903 | 5,827 |
| Mauritania | 100% | 1 | 1:4,095,239 | 27,701 |
| Palau | - | 1 | 1:21,711 | 239 |
| Pitcairn Islands | 100% | 1 | 1:52 | 1 |
| Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha | - | 1 | 1:5,829 | 386 |
| Samoa | - | 1 | 1:195,190 | 1,348 |
| São Tomé and Príncipe | - | 1 | 1:191,997 | 5,295 |
| Serbia | - | 1 | 1:7,145,721 | 10,629 |
| Seychelles | - | 1 | 1:92,670 | 1,891 |
| Sierra Leone | - | 1 | 1:7,088,663 | 1,497 |
| Swaziland | - | 1 | 1:1,300,177 | 3,374 |
| Uzbekistan | - | 1 | 1:30,786,440 | 17,476 |
The alternate forms: Michèle (35,844), Michéle (983), Michelé (163), Michêle (2) & Michélé (7) are calculated separately.
Michele (5,714) may also be a surname.
Michele Forename Meaning
User-submitted Reference
Michele or Michael is a male name of Hebrew origin, which comes from the name of the archangel, meaning 'who is equal to God'.
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